Is it acceptable for a neighbour to use vacuum cleaner from 12 midnight onwards?

The_Mask

As title says my neighbour has started to hoover at 12am, this will prob go on for an hour. Do you think this is acceptable behaviour, I defo don't as I consider my neighbours in what I do after certain times ie I keep tv lowered, wouldn't do certain house chores like having washing machine on or HOOVER. It's not the noise of the hoover as such but the banging off the skirting that's infuriating and keeping me awake. I have had problems with her before over her house alarm constantly going off and this has been resolved. Your opinions or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Scortho

It wouldn't bother me. Hoovering isn't something that I'd be getting annoyed over as I'm a deep sleeper, but maybe if it's every night.
Is it an apartment or semi d ?
If it's an apartment then check the management company rules on cleaning hours.
I doubt there are any though. Have you tried talking to the neighbour?

athtrasna

The_Mask wrote: »

As title says my neighbour has started to hoover at 12pm, this will prob go on for an hour. Do you think this is acceptable behaviour, I defo don't as I consider my neighbours in what I do after certain times ie I keep tv lowered, wouldn't do certain house chores like having washing machine on or HOOVER. It's not the noise of the hoover as such but the banging off the skirting that's infuriating and keeping me awake. I have had problems with her before over her house alarm constantly going off and this has been resolved. Your opinions or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Do you mean 12am? As in 35 minutes ago?

It depends on whether it's a house or an apartment, I have in the past hoovered at 1am as there is decent noise insulation between me and my neighbours.

the_syco

12pm = noon = totally acceptable

12am = midnight = not acceptable. Try having a friendly chat with them next time they hoover.

The_Mask

Sorry 12am guys! Im always mixing the two :-P. It happens maybe twice a week but I notice it alot more when I'm on the early shifts (6am to 10pm). It's esp infuriating when I 've been asleep for an hour or two only to be then awoken by this.

Duckjob

I think around 10pm is the accepted cut-off for stuff like hoovering - midnight is definitely out of order!

Personally, I would consider it getting too late for that stuff after about 9-9.30pm at night.

Minier81

Midnight hoovering is not acceptable. I would agree with previous posters, say it to your neighbour, they may just not realise that it is disruptive.

Jesus Wept

How early?

djimi

Absolutely out of order where you have attached neighbours.

snubbleste

Tell her that the nightsaver rate kicks in at 2300 during the winter and to clean that hour earlier :cool:

mad m

Your entitled to a good nights sleep. hoovering at that hour is not acceptable.

green123

snubbleste wrote: »

Tell her that the nightsaver rate kicks in at 2300 during the winter and to clean that hour earlier :cool:

i wonder does she even have nightsaver electricity.
a lot of people think that they have it when they actually dont.

strandroad

If it's a regular thing it's not acceptable at all and I would talk to her.

If it only happened once, I'd let it slide - they may have spilled something/made a mess and had to limit the damage ASAP.

srsly78

Anyone hoovering at midnight has to be trying to deliberately annoy their neighbours.

RangeR

What time does your neighbour go to sleep? Make some noise. Make your point.

username123

Ive a neighbour who runs a washing machine/dryer after midnight regularly - and its an apartment block. It vibrates through the entire block and sounds like a plane is taking off. Its bad manners as far as I am concerned.

Say it to your neighbour. Its bad form.

green123

mhge wrote: »

If it's a regular thing it's not acceptable at all and I would talk to her.

If it only happened once, I'd let it slide - they may have spilled something/made a mess and had to limit the damage ASAP.

did you not read the thread before you posted ?

The_Mask wrote: »

Sorry 12am guys! Im always mixing the two :-P. It happens maybe twice a week but I notice it alot more when I'm on the early shifts (6am to 10pm). It's esp infuriating when I 've been asleep for an hour or two only to be then awoken by this.

anthony4335

What the hell takes an hour to hoover? There is a noise compliance law, something to do with noise after 9pm. You can report them to the county council .

Thomas D

username123 wrote: »

Ive a neighbour who runs a washing machine/dryer after midnight regularly - and its an apartment block. It vibrates through the entire block and sounds like a plane is taking off. Its bad manners as far as I am concerned.

Say it to your neighbour. Its bad form.

How about a dishwasher? I'm guilty of this and sometimes I wonder...

whiskeyman

username123 wrote: »

Ive a neighbour who runs a washing machine/dryer after midnight regularly - and its an apartment block. It vibrates through the entire block and sounds like a plane is taking off. Its bad manners as far as I am concerned.

Say it to your neighbour. Its bad form.

I used to do this and never really thought about it until I heard someone else in our block doing the same. Holy feck, the noise was unreal!
I felt so bad and haven't done it since.
Seems to be only when it's on a spin cycle though.
Dishwashers are fine I reckon.

Duckjob

RangeR wrote: »

What time does your neighbour go to sleep? Make some noise. Make your point.

But why should OP get unnecessarily arsey like that and aggrevate an otherwise potentially decent relationship ?

There's a very decent chance OPs neighbour is a reasonable person who is not aware of creating such a disturbance and will change her behaviour if the OP approaches her and raises the problem in a calm and friendly way.

In recent years we seem to have lost the ability and/or the will to approach our neighbours talk out issues directly like adults. Going the other way about it just gets peoples backs up unnecessarily.

johndaman66

RangeR wrote: »

What time does your neighbour go to sleep? Make some noise. Make your point.

Probably not the best idea if you live in a mid terrace or flat. You'd piss off the neighbour on the other side also.

I wouldn't have thought the noise of a hoover would have gone through walls too easily but I'm not going to doubt the OP either.

the_syco

username123 wrote: »

Ive a neighbour who runs a washing machine/dryer after midnight regularly - and its an apartment block.

If you're in said apartment block also, inform the management company, and/or make a large A3 poster asking whoever is doing it to stop, and leave said poster in the lobby. Petty, but it may be effective in shaming the person to stop.

amtc

Just a few observations -

I don't think a dishwasher is an issue. Although I don't think you're supposed to leave a dishwasher unattended in case of fire.

Hoovering does seem excessive (actually hoovering twice a week seems obsessive!)

Where I live there is to be no audible noise after 9.30pm and before 7am. That said, the guys three doors down had their music on so loud last week- to the state where pictures in my place were banging off the walls (every night) and were smoking hash outside that I exploded - it was the same day as the guy was killed in Skerries after having a dispute allegedly over a barking dog, so maybe wasn't the smartest move.

I like in a duplex, and the girl next door got married recently....on the dot of 11.15 I can hear her husband shaving (you know banging the razor off the side of the sink) and shall we say, intimacy from 11.28 to 11.45. It's very precise. I find it quite funny. (she's now pregnant!)

Greenmachine

Our Neighbour is the same. We are in a number of flat subdivided above a shop. The neighbour in the loft works in the shop downstairs and get in every night about 11:30 and gets the hoover out. It very frustrating. Not sure what possess a person to start hoovering every night before bed.

mikemac1

Like whiskeyman I also put on a load in the washing machine/dryer past 11pm and went to bed. Thought nothing of it and seemed reasonable to me.

Then the neighbours upstairs did the same and it makes a fierce racket on spin cycle

Still the people downstairs never once complained, maybe they were cursing me for years though

username123

the_syco wrote: »

If you're in said apartment block also, inform the management company, and/or make a large A3 poster asking whoever is doing it to stop, and leave said poster in the lobby. Petty, but it may be effective in shaming the person to stop.

We don't have a lobby, no shared areas.

To be honest, I long ago resigned myself to ear plug wearing to survive apartment living so I haven't bothered complaining. I've learned over time you can do your own head in more getting hot and bothered about noise you have no control over or you can ear plug and be peaceful. If I knew which apartment it was I'd say it to them directly but I don't.

The_Mask

Thanks for your 2 cents lads I had a feeling the majority would agree it wasn't acceptable. It's a semi-detached so I'm not going to cause a noise disturbance to get back at her and end up disrupting my neighbours on the other side. As one poster suggested and Im going to agree with him that anyone doing house chores at these hours are intentionally causing a disturbance, she doesn't work either before someone starts making excuses for her. The reason being myself and, unbeknownst to me, 2 other neighbours had words with her about her house alarm constantly going off at all hours about a month ago so is this her hitting back or what. I work shift ie earlies,lates,nights and this alarm was beginning to have an effect on my quality of life.Is she licking her wounds now and waiting for her next move lads?....little apples dats all I will say

djimi

If she is just being petty then let her at it; shell soon get bored if you dont retaliate. It takes a special kind of nutjob to stay up past midnight just so that they can do some hoovering to annoy the neighbours...

The_Mask

Not sure what possess a person to start hoovering every night before bed.[/QUOTE]

The_Mask

djimi wrote: »

If she is just being petty then let her at it; shell soon get bored if you dont retaliate. It takes a special kind of nutjob to stay up past midnight just so that they can do some hoovering to annoy the neighbours...

Oh she is something special alright! Well said djimi..I will just have to grin and bare it. As my gf also said she's just looking for a reaction coz shes sad and not happy with her life. It's easier said than done but justice will prevail and karma will show me that in some instances long term silence will always be better than a short term outburst if you catch my drift?!

The_Mask

anthony4335 wrote: »

What the hell takes an hour to hoover? There is a noise compliance law, something to do with noise after 9pm. You can report them to the county council .

Don't think there is much wrote in stone about times for residential noise pollution in Ireland. What I do know is if a neighbour is causing your quality of life to get bad you can report them to the environmental protection agency, they then recommend solutions to the noisy neighbour and if these aren't adhered to you can then bring your noisy neighbour to the district court which can impose up to a e3000 fine and/or 12 month imprisonment.
If your noisy neighbour is stubborn, refuses to believe they 're disruptive or are just plain A-holes you can see how things can escalate quickly

Akrasia

I live in a house which is a large bungalow and the landlord has split it into a house and a flat on one end. The conversion was half arsed to say the least (a sheet of hardwood blocking off the hallway between the premises and their water tank is over my bedroom.
Every time they flush the toilet or turn on the taps there is a really loud hissing sound and the sound of splashing water which is very loud in my bedroom and the room shared by our children

The neighbours wake up every weekday morning at about 5.45am to start their morning routine of apparently turning their taps on and off, taking two showers each and flushing the toilet every 3 minutes. They don't have to be leave for work until 7.45am and whenever they start their routine, it wakes up our kids who then wake us up.

It's a pain in the neck but it's not their fault so we have never said anything.

If they want to get up 2 hours early for work and preen themselves that's their business. We knew the flat was there when we moved in and we knew there would be noise issues

Similarly, when they moved in, they knew there was a family living in the house and they never complain when they make the noises that a 5 month old, 2 year old and 4 year old will make.